Acts Index

building commission, state Building commission, State

Building commission acquisition of property for future construction provided; may acquire specific blocks in the city of Madison without prior enumeration in state building program; purpose of acquisition specified; sunset provided  -  Act 5

Building commission biennial budget recommendations: submission date revised [Sec. 9g] -  Act 27

Building commission bonding authority revised re refunding general obligation bonds and discounted sale of public debt -  Act 61

Nash auto museum project funding; DOA to approve [Sec. 9107 (12zt)] [partial veto] -  Act 27

Racetrack at state fair park: improvements and review of contract compliance; LAB duties [Sec. 9107 (14t), 9132 (2t)] [vetoed] -  AB-100

State building program revisions [Sec. 9e, m, s, 10d, 130g, r, 170p, 224p, 272m, 276m, 414m, 495m, 719m, 727g-r, 731g, r, t, 734e-s, 735b-y, 737d, m, 739e, m, 740be-bs, 758m, s, 1346sw, tc-tw, 2198m, 5163e-s, 9101 (12z), 9107 (1)-(14t), 9207 (1x), 9407 (1m)-(1pz), 9453 (1)] [2198m, 5163e, m, 9107 (12zt) — partial veto; 740bs, 9107 (14t) — vetoed] -  Act 27

Veterans' housing loans: bonding authority increased re self-amortizing mortgage loans and refunding bonds [Sec. 739n, 740] -  Act 27

burglary Burglary, see Crime and criminals

burial Burial, see Cemetery; Veteran

bus and truck Bus and truck, see also Farm and farming — Machinery; Insurance — Motor vehicle; Metropolitan transportation; Mobile home; Motor vehicle — Equipment; Motor vehicle — Regulation

Emission inspection revision; fleet vehicle defined [Sec. 2691g, m, 3606pm, 9149 (2mm)] [2691g, m, 9149 (2mm) — vetoed] -  Act 27

Farm truck exemption from vehicle emission inspections and maintenance: sunset eliminated [Sec. 3607]  -  Act 27

Motor bus length revision [Sec. 4179jac] -  Act 27

STH 64 in Lincoln and Taylor counties designated for long vehicles [Sec. 9149 (1y)] -  Act 27

STH 77 in Iron and Sawyer counties designated for long vehicles [Sec. 9149 (1z)] -  Act 27

Vehicles transporting potatoes operating on certain highways: 1997 WisAct 27 provisions revised [Sec. 528]  -  Act 237

Vehicles transporting potatoes: overweight permit re certain highways [Sec. 4180k-p] [4180m — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Weights and measures laws revised re liquified petroleum gas meters and fees, licenses for certain persons and fees for commercial scale licenses [Sec. 170, 2548-2568b, 9304 (1t), (2), 9404 (4t), (4x)] -  Act 27

bus and truck _ taxation or registration Bus and truck — Taxation or registration, see also Mobile home

Load weight limits for certains special truck types: exemption created -  Act 126

Mobile homes and camping trailer registration fee revisions [Sec. 4002, 4003] -  Act 27

Registration and license renewal late fees [Sec. 4003t, 4093mg, 9449 (8e)] -  Act 27

Registration of certain semitrailers used with farm truck tractor and distinctive design plates for driver education vehicles: law revised [Sec. 4007, 4010, 9149 (1)]  -  Act 27

Registration plates for certain vehicles: issuance of new and redesigned plates [Sec. 512fm, fp, 9148 (1d)] [partial veto] -  Act 237

Rental vehicle fee exemptions [Sec. 315p, 9442 (4d)] -  Act 237

Temporary operation plates for automobiles and station wagons revised, includes motor trucks under 8,000 pounds; local police departments to issue; DOT duties expanded [Sec. 3961m- 3962m, 3971g-3973jm, 4036g, 5212g-k, 9349 (9sm), 9449 (8nm)] [3961p, 3971g-hb, 4036g, 9349 (9sm), 9449 (8nm) — partial veto; 3972jm — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Weight-based vehicle registration fees [Sec. 4003g, m, 4006m, 4007m, 9449 (8m)] -  Act 27

Weight limits re reloading trucks [Sec. 4179m, 9349 (3mg)] -  Act 27

business Business, see also Minority enterprise

Best Power Company in Juneau county: DWD grant to private industry council for employe job training and employment services [Sec. 9126 (4s)] -  Act 27

Brownfields redevelopment activities: purpose of business development assistance appropriation changed [Sec. 27]  -  Act 237

Brownfields redevelopment loan guarantee program created; certain existing WHEDA loan guarantee programs combined into Small business loan guarantee program; revision re beginning farmer program; bonding revision [Sec. 666, 1474, 1475, 2573, 2574, 2609-2611, 3327-3374, 3376-3384, 3389, 3390, 3609-3611, 4340, 4794] -  Act 27

Business and education partnerships, Governor's council on, abolished [Sec. 79m] -  Act 27

Business: prohibition created re misrepresentation of location -  Act 201

Business tax registration provisions [Sec. 2360m, 2388m-p, 2391m, 2392mm, no, 2416m-q, 2428p-v, 2432p-t, 2444m, 2950m, 2977c, 3121c, 5503h, 9443 (18t)] [2392no — vetoed] -  Act 27

Certified capital companies program created: tax credit for certain insurers; certification and report requirements; fee and distribution provisions; Comm.Dept duties specified, FTE positions increased, report required -  Act 215

Delinquent taxes: business tax registration certificate denied or revoked for [Sec. 305r, 307g] -  Act 237

Garden Way, Inc., in Ozaukee county: labor training and employment services grant provided [Sec. 9110 (6g)]  -  Act 27

Health care benefits no longer provided by employer: notification requirements created [Sec. 354n, q, u-z, 677m, 9355 (1c)] -  Act 237

Health care coverage loss by employes: OCI required to provide information and technical assistance; notification to OCI of business closing or mass layoff -  Act 51

Highway bypasses and land development: DOT to study; recommendations re assistance to local businesses [Sec. 9149 (2mh)] -  Act 27

Home-based business: Comm.Dept to study barriers and ways to encourage development [Sec. 9110 (6h)]  -  Act 27

Intergenerational transfer of certain farming or business assets: income tax exclusion for capital gains; penalty for sale by purchaser within 2 years of transfer [Sec. 2261c, 2321m, 2332v, 9343 (1c)] [2332v — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Intergenerational transfer of farm and business assets: capital gains penalty modified [Sec. 298s]  -  Act 237

Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program, Inc.: DWD grant from federal job training partnership act funding [Sec. 9126 (3w)] -  Act 27

Permit information and regulatory assistance bureau name changed; duties re DNR permit guarantee program; act as ombudsman to promote brownfields redevelopment projects [Sec. 59, 202, 3277, 3278, 4337, 4443-4458, 4460-4473, 4475- 4477] -  Act 27

Private business employment of inmates and residents: number of projects reduced; public hearing required; provision re worker displacement and JCF approval; authority to suspend or expand manufacture of goods [Sec. 513e-r, 3909b, m, 3910ce, cf, 9111 (3g), (5c), 9411 (4g)] [513m, 3909b — partial veto; 3909m, 3910ce, cf, 9111 (3g), (5c) — vetoed]  -  Act 27

business incubator Business incubator, see Industrial development

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cable television Cable television, see Television

calling card Calling card, see Telephone

calumet county Calumet county

Stockbridge harbor in Lake Winnebago: recreational boating project funding; percentage matching requirements [Sec. 9137 (8tt)] -  Act 27

campaign expense Campaign expense, see Elections — Campaign expense

campground Campground, see Recreation

camping trailer Camping trailer, see Bus and truck — Taxation or registration

canada Canada, see International relations

cancer Cancer, see Disease

canning industry Canning industry, see Food preservation

canvassers, board of Canvassers, Board of, see Elections — Officials

capital gains tax Capital gains tax

Intergenerational transfer of certain farming or business assets: income tax exclusion for capital gains; penalty for sale by purchaser within 2 years of transfer [Sec. 2261c, 2321m, 2332v, 9343 (1c)] [2332v — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Intergenerational transfer of farm and business assets: capital gains penalty modified [Sec. 298s]  -  Act 237

capitol Capitol, see State capitol

cattanach, dale Cattanach, Dale

Service to state commended on the occasion of his retirement [AJR-107] -  JR-17

cbrf CBRF, see Community-based residential facility

cellular telephone Cellular telephone, see Telephone

cemetery Cemetery, see also Funeral and funeral director

DORL confidential records of certain contributors and preneed trust fund: DWD access re child and spousal support, medical liability support and paternity -  Act 191

Veterans cemeteries debt service and appropriation; elgibility for burial [Sec. 664, 1376d-j] -  Act 27

certificate of title Certificate of title, see Motor vehicle — Certificate of title

certiorari Certiorari, see Court — Procedure

cesa CESA, see Educational service agency, Cooperative

chain gang Chain gang, see Prisoner — Work program

charitable corporation Charitable corporation, see also Organization, Miscellaneous

Charitable gaming, Council on, eliminated [Sec. 89m, 4675m] -  Act 27

Child abuse and neglect prevention board authorizied to organize a nonstock, nonprofit corporation to raise funds for the children's trust fund -  Act 78

DORL confidential records of certain contributors and preneed trust fund: DWD access re child and spousal support, medical liability support and paternity -  Act 191

Housing rehabilitation for sale to low-income persons: property tax exemption created for nonprofit organizations  -  Act 147

Insurance regulation exemption for certain non-profit, charitable and religious organizations [Sec. 4794c]  -  Act 27

Minority nonprofit organization grant re business incubator created; fees for certain Comm.Dept services permitted [Sec. 194, 195, 4339, 4339c, 4341c-4343m, 4459, 4474, 4483, 4494, 4497] -  Act 27

Nonstock corporation law revised; DFI duties modified -  Act 79

Property under DNR jurisdiction: grants to friends groups for property development -  Act 313

School district property use by citizen associations: statute repealed -  Act 160

State superintendent to study school capacity and physical condition, report required; Comm.Dept low-interest loan for certain adult day care services facility construction [partial veto] -  Act 310

Uniform unincorporated nonprofit association act adopted; revisions re property, contract and tort liability and ability to sue and be sued -  Act 140

Wisconsin development fund use for assistance in urban areas authorized; memorandum of understanding required [Sec. 187, 4346] [187 — partial veto] -  Act 27